Why is no one mentioning The Vor Game? I thought it did the best job of carrying through on the main comic theme of the series—Miles bumbling and scheming his way to victory in a universe which seems determined to make him the butt of its jokes.
But the two best books in the series, IMHO, didn’t even include Miles as a character—Barrayar and Ethan of Athos.
I agree that The Vor Game is the best exemplar of the comic theme you note, but it just didn’t pack quite the emotional punch of Brothers in Arms or Memory.
Why is no one mentioning The Vor Game? I thought it did the best job of carrying through on the main comic theme of the series—Miles bumbling and scheming his way to victory in a universe which seems determined to make him the butt of its jokes.
But the two best books in the series, IMHO, didn’t even include Miles as a character—Barrayar and Ethan of Athos.
I agree that The Vor Game is the best exemplar of the comic theme you note, but it just didn’t pack quite the emotional punch of Brothers in Arms or Memory.